1. Nicola Roxon: Australia's Minister for Health and Ageing.
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Kirby, Tony
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HEALTH services administration , *HEALTH care reform , *PUBLIC hospitals , *WOMEN health reformers , *INDIGENOUS peoples , *EMPLOYEES , *HUMAN services , *GOVERNMENT policy ,AUSTRALIA. Ministry for Health & Family Services - Abstract
The article presents a profile of Nicola Roxon, the Australian Minister of Health. The health agenda Roxon proposed following her appointment in 2007 through the creation of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC) is discussed. The NHHRC has focused on improving health service delivery, creating regional health authorities, and introducing a social insurance system. Roxon discusses her views on whether the federal government should take control of ailing public hospitals. Her efforts to improve health services for the indigenous people of Australia are described.
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- 2009
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